+1 862 207 3288 Erving Goffman and Michel Foucault are two well respected social scientists who have researched and studied social order and how the interactions between people can enforce or change a social order. Both men have developed theories that have both similarities and differences when it comes to their views on social order, how we form these standards and how it comes to change. The following explains and demonstrates these ideals and compares the two, outlining the basic principles of both ideas and the similarities and differences of both sets.
Goffmans view on social order focuses on the individuals and their everyday social interactions. He believes that social order is made up of these small everyday interactions between people and within them the individual takes centre stage, of which has been stated Individuals display, and perform, themselves according to the requirements of…(short extract)
